Washing-machine.



No. 636,556. Patented Nov. 7, I899. Z. S. &. M. 6. BANDLENAN.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed may 28, 1898.)

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WASHING MACHINE.

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ZOUAVE S. RANDLEMAN AND MARTIN CDRANDLEMAN, OF OARLISLE, IOWA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 636,556, dated.November '7, 1899.

Application filed May 23, 1898. Serial No. 681,536. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We,ZOUAVE S. HANDLE; MAN and MARTIN O. RANDLEMAN,citizens of the United States, residing at Oarlisle, in the county ofWarren and State of Iowa, have inventeda new and useful Washing-Machine,of which the following is a specification.

Our object is to facilitate washing wearingapparel, bedclothes, and allkinds of woven textile fabrics, large and small, advantageously whensubmerged in water in a machine adapted to be operated by hand to pressand rub articles as required to loosen and remove dirt therefrom.

Our invention consists in the arrangement and combination of rotaryshafts, disks having rubbing-surfaces in parallel position and rotatablein reverse ways and one adjustable relative to the other for pressingand rubbing articles between them, and gearing for actuating theoperative parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in our claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which-- Figure l is a side elevation showing the hinged cover of the tubin an elevated position and a top portion of one of the parallel disksbroken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on a vertical plane through thecenter of the machine toward the elevated hinged cover. Fig. 3 is anenlarged longitudinal sectional view of the rotatable shaftstelescopically connected, means for sliding one of the shafts andadjusting one of the disks relative to the other, and gearing forrotating the shafts in reverse ways. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionalview of the tub, showing the rubbing-surface of a disk reduced to asemicircular shape. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the gearing in aframe and showing the frame fixed to a section of the tub as required toserve as a bearing for the rotatable shaft.

The letterAdesignates a tub of semicircular shape supported upon legsthat are preferably detachably connected with the tub.

' A is a cover corresponding in size and shape hinged to one end of thetub. A rod pivotally connected with the lower portion and outsidesurface of the cover and terminating in a hook at its free end to enterthe eye of a plate fixed to the outside and top portion of the tubserves to support the hinged cover in an elevated position, as shown inFig. l, and as required to admit articles to be moved in and out of thetub.

B is a wringer-support and soap-receptacle fixed to the end of the tub.

O is a metal frame of quadrangular form fixed to the tub to serve as abearing for a shaft and a support for gear-wheels, and C is a metalbearing fixed to the other side of the tub in proper position to supportthe same shaft.

D is a tubular shaft fitted in the bearings in the frame 0 andtelescopically connected with a tubular shaft D of larger diameter,fitted in the bearing 0 A lugf, fixed on the shaft D, is designed totraverse a slot f in the shaftD as required to allow the shaft D toslide on the shaft D and at the same time rotate therewith.

D is ashort tubular shaft fitted on the outer end portion of the shaftD.

h is a miter gear-wheel fixed on the outer end of the shaft D, and h isa corresponding wheel fixed by means of a key on the shaft D.

'm, is a miter gear-wheel journaled to the frame 0 to engage both thewheels h and h as required to rotate the wheel h and shaft D to which itis fixed, in a reverse direction from the motion of the wheel h andshaft D.

N is a wooden disk fixed to the inner end of the shaft D by means ofmetal collars and a key or in any suitable way to rotate with the shaftsD and D that areslidingly connected by means of the fixed lug f on theshaft D, extending into the slot f in the shaft D N is a diskcorresponding in shape and size with the disk N fixed to the inner endof the shaft D by means of collars and a key orin any suitable Way torotate with that shaft and the miter-gear h in an opposite direction ofthe rod R and extends through the shaft D and has a ring if on its freeend adapted to be seized by the fingers of a person to draw the rod Rand the shaft D inward relative to the tub A as required to bring thedisk N closer to the mating disk N.

Y is a crank-handle detachably connected with the angular outer end ofthe shaft D as requircd to rotate the shaft and operate the machinetherewith.

In the practical operation of our invention when water is in the tub andarticles to be washed placed therein between the two parallel disks thathave washboard or rubbing surfaces power is applied to the shaft D bymeans of the handle Y and that shaft rotated in either direction desiredor alternately in reverse ways,at the will of the operator, and theshaft Dislidingly connected therewith, will rotate therewith and carrythe disk N fixed thereto, in the same direction, and at the same timethe shaft D and the disk N, fixed thereto, will rotate in a reversedirection, so that at all times when the machine is operated the twoparallel rubbing-disks N and N between which articles to be washed areplaced, will rotate in reverse ways, and as the articles come in contactwith the disks they will be rubbed and create agitation of the waterthat will be forced through the meshes of the fabrics as they are rolledtogether and whirled about. By reversing the motion of the shaft D themass of articles will be rolled in a different direction and theirpositions relative to each other and the rotating rubbing-disks changed,so that by successive reverse motions of the machine all parts of thearticles will successively come into contact with the rubbing-surfacesof the disks as required to be cleansed by the action of the water andthe rubbing-disks, and at the same time that the articles between theparallel disks are subjected to the action of the water they are readilypressed by seizing the ring on the free end of the chain S and pullingthe disk N toward the disk N by means of the rod R and the shaft D thatcarries the disk N and is slidingly connected with the shaft D asclearly shown in Fig. 3. Itis also obvious that the disk N can be thusreadily adjusted relative to the disk N as required to adapt the machinefor washing articles of different size or bulk or different numbers atdifferent times.

By changing the shape of the disks, as shown in the form N in Fig. 4,the machine is adapted to be operated by imparting only half-revolutionsto the shaft D and reciprocating motions in reverse ways to the parallelrubbing-disks.

\Ve claim as our invention- 1. In a washing-machine, a tub havingparallel sides, a frame fixed to the outside face of one of said sides,a main rotatable shaft mounted in bearings in said parallel sides andframe, a disk mounted on said shaft and the inner face of the diskprovided with a rubbing-surface, a tubular shaft mounted on said mainshaft, a disk having a rubbing-surface on its inside face fixed to thetubular shaft, means for sliding the tubular shaft on the main shaft andmeans for simultaneously rotating the two shafts in reverse waysconnected with the main shaft and the frame fixed to the outside of thetub, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for thepurposes stated.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of a tubular rotatable shaft, asecond tubular shaft telescopically connected with one end portion ofthe first shaft, a disk havinga rubbing-surface fixed to the said secondshaft, a third tubular shaft on the said first shaft and a disk having arubbing-surface fixed to the said third shaft and means for rotating thesaid second and third shafts and the disks fixed thereto in parallelpositions and in reverse ways for rubbing articles between the twoparallel disks, as and for the purposes stated.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination of a tubular rotatable shaft, asecond tubular shaft telescopically connected with one end portion ofthe first shaft, adisk having a rubbing-surface fixed to the said secondshaft, a third tubular shaft on the said first shaft and a disk having arubbing-surface fixed to the said third shaft, and means for rotatingthe said second and third shafts and the disks fixed thereto in parallelpositions and in reverse ways for rubbing articles between the twoparallel disks and means for moving the said second shaft and disk fixedthereon toward the said third shaft and disk thereon, as and for thepurposes stated.

4. In a washing-machin e, a tub having parallel sides, bearings in saidsides, a tubular rotatable shaft in said bearings, a lug on the end ofsaid shaft, a second tubular shaft telescopically connected with one endof the said first shaft and provided with a slot to admit the said lugto slide therein, a rod extended through the said second shaft and intothe said first shaft and provided with a collar on its outer end, acoil-spring on the end of the rod and in engagement with said collar, achain connected with the inner end of the rod and extended through saidfirst shaft, a third shaft rotatably mounted on the said first shaft atthe end portion opposite to the end on which the second shaft istelescopically connected therewith, a disk having a rubbingsurface fixedto the said second shaft, a corresponding mating disk fixed on the saidthird shaft and means for rotating the said first shaft, all arrangedand combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

5. A washing-machine comprising a semicircular tub, a cover for saidtub, a frame fixed to the tub to support gearing and serve as ashaft-bearing, a tubular shaft extended through said frame and theparallel sides of the tub, a second shaft telescopically con- IIO nectedwith one end portion of the said first shaft and provided with alongitudinal slot, a lug on the end of the said first shaft to enter andtraverse said slot, a disk having a rubbing-surface fixed to the saidsecond shaft, a third tubular shaft mounted on the other end portion ofsaid first shaft, a disk having a rubbing-surface fixed to said thirdshaft, a miter gear-Wheel fixed on the end'of the said first shaft, amating wheel fixed to the outer end of the said third shaft, a mitergear-wheel journaled to said frame and shaft-bearing on the outside ofthe tub to engage the said two mating miter gear-wheels, a rod extendedthrough the said second shaft into the said ZOUAVE S. RANDLEMAN. MARTING. RANDLEMAN.

Witnesses:

FRANK PIERCE, THOMAS G. ORWIG.

